Benue guber: Tribunal fixes July 11 for pre-hearing

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Written by Mustafa Abubakar , Ilorin Thursday, 30 June 2011 00:00 Kwara State chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Ishola Balogun-Fulani , yesterday made a U-turn on the status of members of Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) , who defected to its fold, saying they are entitled to the same opportunities as everyone in the party. Balogun-Fulani made this clarification against an earlier statement he made which said that the returnees will not have same opportunity with those who remained in the party in terms of appointments and other opportunities in the party.

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Written by Toryila Kajo, Makurdi Thursday, 30 June 2011 00:00

THE governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Makurdi fixed July 11, 2011 for commencement of pre-hearing in the petition filed by Prof Steve Ugbah of the ACN challenging the election of Governor Gabriel Suswam.

Delivering the ruling through a motion ex parte which was filed by ACN legal team asking the tribunal to set down the petition for hearing pursuant to paragraph 18 of the 1st schedule to the Electoral Act, 2010 (as amended), the tribunal granted that its secretary issue out Form TF009 to all the parties for pre-hearing conference.

In another development, the tribunal ordered the office of INEC in Benue State to produce all ballot papers used for the conduct of the April 26 governorship election in the local governments which they failed to do.

The local governments are; Logo, Ukum, Guma and Apa. INEC had earlier referred the petitioners to the headquarters of those local governments. But the ACN legal team through Barrister Andrew Wombo, G. T Igba and Mike Assoh moved an ex parte application to compel INEC to make available the said ballot papers in Makurdi for inspection.

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Benue guber: Tribunal fixes July 11 for pre-hearing